Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-06-16
THE sELKIRK pass
The Indsbtsdssss Of the canadts.
soa ninnesesi.a for the D-iseeve,-
Pass.

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The Inaebtsdssss OF tsss casas,..-
20. M1nnssstisa for the D-i.e.z.--
Pass
Prof @. n. Grant OF thu O..
University. Kingston, Canada
an interesting account in the fs,s
Of his trip over the Canadian D.
Railroad from Montreal ia b.
Sound. and Of the desperate sears
former years for a feasible pass
the SeIkirk Mountains, and hov
all other engineers had failed
pass was fSaIiy discovered n 1
by Major Rogers, an America
gIneer, a Minnesotian, and brax
Of Hon. X. E. Rogers
Waterfalls, Waseca county. q
a thrilling narrative of neyve q
ance and final success. Tn. faljo~
Is quoted from Prof. Grants ~
ain February. 1881, the syndi
appointed an American, Mai rs
Rogers, c. T., engineer cftheM Mon,
Division Of the Canada Pacific s
way. H@ seemedto be about a rs5|
IL q man for the work Of ascertr;
whether the Seikirks problem W.
Bbis a. could have been chosen
knew little or nothing Of mounfso
his previous experiences had ~
states where there 10 no eounfs,7
10 the characteristic scenery and
fculties Of British Columbia
Maj Rogers, like a true descsuda
the Pilgrim or Puritan father
man who goes tc the particular MI
ness TO which he may he auto;.2
asking no quztioas. NatufalIvs
tense, seaf4reiiant, and scorpfgl 81
pesKaDcses the opposite schoo}ine
the oIdfashioDed Dosn-Easttra;a
the rough experiences OF engines
frontier lie have made him 20 A.
rcist that he i apt TO be aupaIl;r1
ordinary n1ortais. Though 1t
80 and 50 years Of age. hair aadh1
noE white, no youngster in his ~
wII psunz@ INTO the grimmest mo-
ain ranges with as little thousk1
oommiasariat or as eompsefe :
tempt o. danger. AID no Indian
encounter iatlzus or famine as &
ally.
The major and his nepher. Nry
bert Rogers, hiring at Kamloou
Sh8zwap Indians from the IA.
Cathso@ps mission to carry their ~
started IN April to force their III
the east They suooeeded in rea
The core Of the Seskirk range. IL
IoEiaz the east fork u the lid
Wse<: but, Ike Moberly on the 81
FORK they got only to q cni ii
and their packs having becoun
norsy Eszht. thsy-heayy sithfhee
s1o1Snc=S Of faiE1re-eame TO thee
ei1ssoa that retreat was inev;fn
Before resrzcing their steps, hoxS
they climbed the divide to see I
break could be detected In the r.
YES a waller appeared in the dirert
Of an ~IrexP3ored little a~fluent a.
I@Gfs-Waet, and. arparently
usz-s4 with L, q depression exten
30 the east Eyeryshere ehA
Gr0aBd 20 the horizon, nothina
s10weEad desoizsion." Tkeresu
Eve or = weeks endurance Of IN
intoS@abe misery vas this gxs
hop%
Our S01Eney enabled Us to ID
stand what they must have suG
The u~nderbrush : Of the densest,
ing 20 The cea<eies rain. Black
or mosquitoes do their pan .
wesr4dsy- What with faIeu q
Of ENORMOUS size, ~precipices, 81
tho-u-. beaver dams. marshcst
setAd wGser 20 be w~adedthyouGh.
swamu- hkesstssurrounded 81
50 steep that i vsuld almost ~
Lzua0s 80 Est o<ex or around
re had al we wanted Of the n
wses sui the Eagle Pass BIT
Asd started too early in theeM
The ov rss not oaly daps
vas mailing ard rotting undefe
sI1s and rains. and Therefore !
Tot bear tfseSr weight. Doxn
sunk at every step. aud often
worst kind Of pitfalls. At first
loads were 50 heavy TIA. they h
ssve part behind. and fhmk
ter camping early, return
" On their tracks for the 3
load T4Indians would hayedN5
thegg adoz=atiTe over, but thsE
hsd ARRANGED With the mission g
thy returned without a certd
they wsre 20 set a whipping inste
good par. Nothing but pluck
fh4za psz-inS auay; but in cpi1{
they tailed that year. The fotez
Mar the MAJOR nksde his attack1
TIE other sNse Of the range, and
be was unsuccessful. swollen to1z
and scAcgiEy OF supplies forc4
hack 20 his base, at the point
the Kekin2 Horse River joins 9
GGmbx On this OCCASION, had
h<sa for the discovery ola cAnoe
and his party wouli have SO
SDrssy against their vii he ~
them on hsM ratlous, but he Fsa
thar hearts one morning By anz}
ing that Il was his birthday. and
doing . hEttk sugar 10 suesfes
tea
Nothing daunted, he started
ths same summer. IN the moatse
! ". from the same base. and suc1
proc-eiIz up the valley ofthen
= large stream that enters thso
BIN thrOGzh an open canon, ~
soGlOwInG The course OF one o.
u-&rsss appropriately cailea
Greek. be az lnSth found tb
soghtkor pass He saw the
ain HoZ the summit OF u1ks
rear before he and his ncp1e
notSea the depression extena
the east Net content while a1{
remained unEsonS he made
north fork. assembled it toe. %
tain i It's hesiwaters you'd "a
xStha sriSQtary Of the Bear
20 perhaps Ascrd soHuethins
bat nothing better, or rather
sr az zss found. TIE Selkaz.
o1gv ore pass bus Il Is btu
the western slope OF the naaap
by the Kgkiug Horse adsaa
can hsS hzd ths honor OF flnds
o1s on h<hAE Of Canada AZ
20 aIzas